Flame ends Chongqing tour

Participants mourn victims of the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake victims before they start the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay in Chongqing, Southwestern China, June 16, 2008.
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Local people celebrate the arrival of the Beijing Olympic flame at the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Chongqing, June 16, 2008 at Great Hall of the People.
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Citizens cheer during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Chongqing municipality in southwest China on June 16, 2008.

Updated：2008-06-16

(CHONGQING, June 16) -- Chinese boxing champion Li Bin reached the Great Hall of the People here at 10:30 a.m. on Monday with the Olympic flame and lit the cauldron to mark the end of the Torch Relay in Chongqing.
The 17-kilometer relay had begun at 8:10 a.m. with Go world champion Gu Li as the first of 208 torchbearers.
BOCOG Executive Vice-President Jiang Xiaoyu; BOCOG member Tian Maijiu; Chongqing Vice-Mayor Huang Qifan; Minister of the Publicity Department of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CPC; and other officials attended the closing ceremony.
The Torch Relay will continue in Urumqi on Tuesday.